Tuesday, April 1, 2014

It's hard to imagine that “Criminal Minds” star Matthew Gray Gubler has time for even a nap.

For years, Gubler has thrived on juggling simultaneous projects like modeling, acting, directing, blogging, drawing and painting.

“I have this weird thing — I literally feel physically ill if I'm not making something,” he joked during a phone interview last week from LA, where he was wrapping up Wednesday's episode, which he's directing. “It might surprise people to know that I do sleep,” he says.

Since 2005, the lanky Gubler has played brainy Dr. Spencer Reid, a socially awkward FBI special agent who works as a profiler in the bureau's Behavioral Analysis Unit. The ensemble cast also includes Thomas Gibson, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Joe Mantegna, Kirsten Vangsness and Jeanne Tripplehorn.

Wednesday's eerie episode, airing at 9 p.m., marks the seventh time the 34-year-old Las Vegas native has directed the series.

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INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the Criminal Minds Round Table. When we were positing names for this blog, and Sir Bedivere suggested Criminal Minds Round Table, we knew immediately that was the perfect name for our blog.

It fit in so many ways.

Many fans, and Ed Bernero (Criminal Minds' former Showrunner and Executive Producer) himself, compare the show and its characters to The Arthurian Legend and the Knights of the Round Table. Mr. Bernero even went so far as to say that he knew that the stories had to be “Arthurian” to appeal to the most people. The team meets to brief cases at a round table, and there are many parallels between our BAU team and the Knights and other Arthurian characters.

In addition, a Round Table discussion is what we want to have here about any and all topics Criminal Minds-related. In a Round Table discussion, each participant has equal status and equal time to present views. And finally, since this is going to be a group effort amongst a group of Criminal Minds fans, we are going to take turns around the table, with each of us posting about the show, our favorite characters and our favorite actors on the show.